Otto Haas (antiquarian)

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Otto Haas (born December 2, 1874 in Frankfurt am Main ; died April 27, 1955 in London ) was a German-British music antiquarian.

Life

Haas did an apprenticeship at the bookshop Joseph Baer & Co. in Frankfurt and worked at Brentano’s in New York and Breslauer & Mayer in Berlin . In 1903 he was accepted into the Berlin antiquarian bookshop of Leo Liepmannssohn (1840–1915) and after his death continued the business under the same name. After the First World War , he concentrated the trade on autographs and music literature. Liepmanssohn and Haas introduced a scientific standard in their 238 warehouse catalogs and secured the support of musicologists , such as Johannes Wolf and Georg Ludwig Kinsky . Numerous private collections and estates were sold through the Liepmanssohn antiquarian bookshop.

During the time of National Socialism , Haas had to give up the business in Bernburger Strasse in Berlin-Kreuzberg and emigrate in 1936 due to his Jewish origins . In 1936 he was able to open a new music antiquarian shop in the former house of his wife Kathleen in London. He published another 35 catalogs there until 1955, when he handed the business over to Albi Rosenthal .

Fonts (selection)

  • Rare music and musical literature: including a selection of fine autograph letters and manuscripts of famous musicians . London: Otto Haas, 1949
  • The Valuable Music Library formed by Alfred Moffat, Esq. Chamber and harpsichord music mostly in editions of the 17th and 18th centuries, with a collection of folk songs and of some opera scores. [A sale catalog. Compiled by Otto Haas, based on A. Moffat's bibliographical descriptions.].

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SURNAME Haas, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British music antiquarian
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1955
Place of death London